This John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hilltop cannot be hid;

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

"And when the blade shot up and formed the wheat-kernel, then the tares also appeared.

"Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah," said Jesus; "for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven!

"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.

"Listen to another parable: "A man who was a householder planted a vineyard, fenced it about, dug a wine vat in it, built a tower, then rented it to vine-dressers and went abroad.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but within they are filled with extortion and excess.

"You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside of it may be clean also.

"that upon your heads may come every drop of innocent blood spilt upon the earth, from the blood of Abel, the just, to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and the altar.

"Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the Covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'"

"I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that."

The chief priests took the money, and said, "It would be wrong to put it into the temple-treasury, because it is the price of blood."

That is the reason why, to this day, the field is called "The Field of Blood."

So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it."

All the people answered, "His blood be upon us and upon our children."

"You who were going to destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

Of its own accord the earth bears its crops; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

yet when sown shoots up and becomes larger than any plant, sending out such branches that the wild birds build their nests under its shadow."

At once the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her complaint.

Presently Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "There was once a man," he said, "who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine-press, built a tower, rented it to tenants, and went abroad.

and he said: "This is my covenant blood, which is poured out for many.

"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"

they rose, hurried him outside the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, intending to cast him down headlong.

"But he who listens but does not do, is like a man who built a house upon the soil, without foundations, against which the torrent burst, and at once it fell in, and the ruin of that house was great."

"for he loves our nation, and himself has built a synagogue for us."

but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.

"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

"so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,

"from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the alter and the sanctuary; yes; I tell you, it shall be required of this generation!

"And he said to himself. 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones in which I will store all my wheat and my goods.

"I came to build a fire upon the earth; what is my desire?

Now there were some present at that very season who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

"'This fellow began to build and could not finish.'

"But he was angry and would not go in; so his father came out, and attempted to plead with him; but he said to his father.

He gave them a cup in like manner, after supper saying. "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, poured out for your sake.

(And being in agony he kept praying more earnestly; and his sweat became as if it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.)

"Look at my hands and my feet. It is I! Feel me and see; for a ghost has not flesh and blood as I have."

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Jews retorted, "This Temple took forty-six years to build, and will you 'raise it in three days'?"

"Do not imagine that I shall accuse you to the Father. Moses is your accuser, on whom you build your hopes.

"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

"He who feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

"For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a lance, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

"Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out.

"This fact became known to the people of Jerusalem so that the place was called in their language, Acheldamach, The Field of Blood.

In the sky above I will show marvels, And signs in the earth beneath; Blood and fire, and vapor of smoke.

Into darkness shall the sun be turned, And into blood the moon, Ere the day of the Lord come, that great and terrible day.

"We strictly forbade you, did we not, to teach about this Name, and here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us."

"In the wilderness our ancestors had the Tabernacle of Testimony built, as he appointed who told Moses to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

"But it was Solomon who built him a house.

"The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet; What kind of house will you build for me? saith the Lord. Or what resting-place shall I have?

And when many days were fulfilled the Jews made a plot to kill Saul;

but information of their plot was given Saul, and although they kept watch day and night on the gates, in order to make away with him,

Now throughout the whole of Judea, Galilee, and Samaria the Church continued to enjoy peace and to be spiritually built up. It was increasing in members also, as it kept walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

"After these things I will return, And I will rebuild David's fallen tent; And I will build again its ruins, And I will set it up;

"but that we should write to them to abstain from the pollution of idols and from fornication, from meat killed by strangling, and from blood.

"that you abstain from food that has been sacrificed to idols, and from tasting blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication. Keep yourselves clear from these things and it will be well with you. Farewell."

"He has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the bounds of their habitation,

But as they opposed him and abused him, he shook out his garments in protest, and said: "Your blood be upon your own hands. I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

Just as he was about to set sail for Syria, the Jews laid a plot against him, and he determined to return through Macedonia.

So I testify to you this day that I am clear from the blood of all men;

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood.

"And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace. He is able to build you up, and to give you your inheritance among all those who are consecrated.

"As for the Gentile believers, we wrote giving judgment that they should abstain from anything sacrificed to an idol, from blood, from what is strangled, and from fornication."

"'and when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting, and holding the garments of his murders.'

"Now when I received information that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him at once to you, charging his accusers also to speak against him before you."

Their feet are swift to shed blood.

For God openly set him forth for himself as an offering of atonement through faith, by means of his blood, in order to show forth his righteousness??ince in his forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed??o show forth his righteousness,

By how much more, then, being now justified in his blood, shall we be saved through him from the wrath of God.

My ambition has been, however, to preach the gospel where Christ's name was not already known, so that I might not build upon another man's foundation.

On that foundation, if a man proceeds to build gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, each man's work will be made manifest.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a common participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a common participation in the body of Christ?

"All things are lawful," you say? But not all things are expedient; "all things are lawful"; but not all build up.

In the same way also, he took the cup after supper, saying. "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me."

So he that eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthy must answer for a sin against the body and blood of the Lord.

But he who prophesies addresses words to men that build up, encourage, and console.

Now I should like you all to speak with "tongues"; but I should rather that you prophesied, For he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be built up.

You on the one hand offer a good thanksgiving, but the other is not built up.

I tell you this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Now I Paul, myself, appeal to you by the humble-heartedness and selflessness of Christ??aul who "in your presence is humble, but bold enough when he is absent"??2 I beseech you, and I say, do not make me show my boldness, when I come in the boldness with which I think I shall show my courage against some who think that I am walking on the low level of the flesh.

If, however, I were to boast more loudly concerning the authority which the Lord gave me (not to cast you down, but to build you up), I should have no cause for shame.

I say that I was weak, and yet for whatever reason any one is bold (I speak in mere folly) I too am bold.

It is in him we have deliverance, the forgiveness of our trespasses, through his blood;

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone.

and in him you, too, are continuously built together for a dwelling-place of God through his Spirit.

From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, the empires, the rulers of this present darkness, the spirit-hosts of evil in the heavenly realm.

Stand firm then, girt about with the belt of truth, and wearing the breastplate of righteousness,

and by him it chose to reconcile all things alike on earth or in heaven to himself; making peace by him, through the blood of his cross.

since you are rooted in him, and in him continually built up. Be firmly established in the faith as you were taught it, and continually abound in it with thanksgiving.

So comfort one another, and try to build one another up, as indeed you are doing.

And so, although I might be bold in Christ to dictate to you what is fitting,

Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has built a house has higher honor than the house itself.