Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation."

While he was still talking to the people, behold, his mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.

And great crowds gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the shore.

And the high priest stood up and said, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"

After a little while those who stood by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" So Jesus said to him, "It is as you say."

Immediately the girl stood up and walked (she was twelve years of age). And they were overcome with great amazement.

And some of those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

And one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Then some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"

And the servant girl saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by, "This is one of them."

So when the centurion, who stood opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

for he has regarded the lowly state of his servant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

So he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she rose and served them.

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise and stand here." And he rose and stood there.

And he came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and be healed of their diseases,

Then he came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise."

and as she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.

But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."

As he entered a village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other menextortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold."

And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.'

The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.

And the people stood watching; but even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."

But all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.

And he said to them, "What is this conversation which you are exchanging with each other as you walk?" And they stood still, looking sad.

As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

And when they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."

They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?"

But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who kept the door, and brought Peter in.

Now Simon Peter stood warming himself. Therefore they said to him, "You are not also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not."

By the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you!"

But early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

And as they were gazing intently into the sky while he was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.

In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said,

With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while.

The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing the tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

Cornelius said, "Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments,

One of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius.

Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:

But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up, and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the Law of Moses."

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

So Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

Those who stood by said, "Would you revile God's high priest?"

There occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also at Rome."

Or else let these men themselves tell what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the Council,

And when Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

When the accusers stood up, they did not charge him of such crimes as I had expected,

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

Each one should remain in the state in which he was called.

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play."

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

having canceled the certificate of debt, which stood against us with its decrees. He took what was hostile away from us, nailing it to the cross.

But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. And he was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child when it was born.

And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on his horns, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press, as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of one thousand six hundred stadia.

In one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!' And every shipmaster and all passengers and sailors, and all who make their living by the sea, stood far off,

The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal.