and Judah begat Pharez and Zarah by Thamar; and Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram,

And his fame went out into all Syria; and they brought him all that were ill, afflicted with various diseases and torments, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them;

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Again, you have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths.

But I tell you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;

nor swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying; Behold, a sower went out to sow;

Hear, therefore, the parable of the sower.

And the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence then has it poisonous darnel?

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And he came to the other, and said the same. And he answered and said, I will go sir, but went not.

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Then he began to curse and swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately a cock crew;

and said, Sir, we remember that this deceiver said when he was yet alive, After three days I will rise.

Hear! behold a sower went out to sow;

The sower sows the word.

and he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask of me I will give you, to half of my kingdom.

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And he cursed and swore, I know not this man of whom you speak.

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the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,

This first census was taken when Cyrenius was proconsul of Syria.

And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, Son, why have you dealt thus with us? Behold, your father and I have sought you with sorrow.

A sower went out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some fell by the way, and was trodden down, and the birds of heaven devoured it;

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The woman said to him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence then have you the living water?

The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, nor come here to draw.

The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

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The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming another goes down before me.

Then they said to him, Sir, always give us this bread.

And he answered and said, Who is he, sir, that I shall believe on him?

these, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus.

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.

I tell you most truly, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy.

And you therefore now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy no one shall take from you.

Jesus said to her, Woman, why do you weep? whom do you seek? She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have borne him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him.

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God swore with an oath to him to set a descendant of his on his throne,

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And that he raised him from the dead never more to return to destruction, he said thus; I will give you the sure promises of David.

writing by their hand, The apostles and elders and brothers, to the brothers in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, who are of the gentiles, greeting.

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And he passed through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches.

And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

and when he had staid there three months, and a conspiracy was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to sail to Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

And observing Cyprus, and leaving it on the left, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to discharge her cargo.

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Therefore it is by faith that it may be by grace, that the promise may be sure to all the posterity, not to that of the law only but to that of the faith of Abraham, who is a father of us all,

And being not weak in faith, he did not regard himself as dead, being now about a hundred years old, nor Sarah's incapacity for child-bearing,

For this was the word of promise; According to this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.

But I determined this with myself, not to come again to you in sorrow;

And I wrote the same to you that coming I might not have sorrow for those in whom I ought to have joy, having trusted in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

so that on the other hand you ought to forgive and comfort him, that he may not be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.

and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted on your account, telling us of your great desire, your deep sorrow, your zeal for me, so that I rather rejoiced.

For godly sorrow produces a change of mind to salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

And may he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating multiply your grain, and increase the products of your righteousness;

Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

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For indeed he was sick nigh to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

so I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest? was it not to them that disobeyed?

For we enter into the rest who believed, as he said, I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest, although of works made from the foundation of the world.

For God haying promised Abraham, when he could not swear by a greater, swore by himself,

For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all dispute;

which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and entering within the vail,

And as he was not [constituted] without swearing,??21 for they were made priests without swearing, but he with swearing by him who says to him, The Lord swore, and he will not change, You are a priest forever;??22 by so much is Jesus the pledge of a better covenant.

By faith also Sarah herself received power to become a mother, even beyond the usual age, because she regarded him faithful that promised.

Lament, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

Above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, that you may not fall under condemnation.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.

Wherefore, brothers, use the greater diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things you shall never fall.

And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which you will do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark place, till the day dawns and the day-star arises in your hearts,

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and swore by him that lives forever and ever, that created heaven and the things in it and the earth and the things in it and the sea and the things in it, that time should be no longer,

as much as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much distress and sorrow give her. For she says in her mind, I sit a queen and am not a widow and I see not sorrow.

Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and sorrow and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.