The fame of him spread all through the surrounding country, and people brought him all their sick, those who suffered from all manner of disease and pain, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics; he healed them all.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of goodness! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;

Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

Ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;

The crowds who saw it were awed and glorified God for giving such power to men.

and when the daemon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. Then the crowd marvelled; they said, "Such a thing has never been seen in Israel!"

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out daemons; give without paying, as you have got without paying;

and you will be haled before governors and kings for my sake ??it will be a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

yes, Father, I praise thee that such was thy chosen purpose.

The king was sorry, but for the sake of his oath and his guests he ordered it to be given her;

So when he disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them he healed their sick folk.

The disciples said to him, "Where are we to get loaves enough in a desert to satisfy such a crowd?"

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

and whoever receives a little child like this for my sake, receives me.

There are eunuchs who have been eunuchs from their birth, there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Realm of heaven. Let anyone practice it for whom it is practicable."

but Jesus said to them, "Let the children alone, do not stop them from coming to me: the Realm of heaven belongs to such as these."

Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days!

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now ??no and never shall be.

Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

but once sown it springs up to be larger than any plant, throwing out such big branches that the wild birds can roost under its shadow."

There he could not do any miracle, beyond laying his hands on a few sick people and curing them.

also they cast out a number of daemons and cured a number of sick people by anointing them with oil.

The king was very vexed, but for the sake of his oaths and his guests he did not like to disappoint her;

they hurried round all the district and proceeded to carry the sick on their pallets wherever they heard that he was;

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.

and his clothes glistened white, vivid white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.

As they went down the hill, he forbade them to tell anyone what they had seen, till such time as the Son of man rose from the dead.

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus said, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

Look to yourselves. Men will hand you over to Sanhedrins and you will be flogged in synagogues and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them.

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days!

Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen.

they will handle serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and make them well."

I tell you for a fact, In Israel there were many widows during the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land:

Then the messengers went back to the house and found the sick servant was quite well.

He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.

Herod said, "John I beheaded. But who is this, of whom I hear such tales?" And he made efforts to see him.

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.

He thrilled with joy at that hour in the holy Spirit, saying, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simple-minded; yes, Father, I praise thee that such was thy chosen purpose." Then turning to the disciples he said,

So I tell you, ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;

So do not seek food and drink and be worried;

only seek his Realm, and it will be yours over and above.

You hypocrites, you know how to decipher the look of earth and sky; how is it you cannot decipher the meaning of this era?

for like lightning that flashes from one side of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be on his own day.

but Jesus called for the infants. "Let the children come to me," he said, "do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

He said to them, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Realm of God,

For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."

for I was afraid of you, you are such a hard man ??picking up what you never put down, and reaping what you never sowed.'

But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people;

for I tell you I will never drink the produce of the vine again till such time as God's Reign comes."

Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me."

So too he gave them the cup after supper, saying, "This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood shed for your sake.

And they began to discuss among themselves which of them could possibly be going to do such a thing.

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory ??glory such as an only son enjoys from his father ??seen it to be full of grace and reality.

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is heartily glad at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Such is my joy, and it is complete.

followed by a large crowd on account of the Signs which they had seen him perform on sick folk.

the bread that comes down from heaven is such that one eats of it and never dies.

Such is the bread which has come down from heaven: your ancestors ate their bread and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live for ever."

Now Moses has commanded us in the Law to stone such creatures; but what do you say?"

Then said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath"; others said, "How can a sinner perform such Signs?" They were divided on this.

Jesus answered, "This voice did not come for my sake but for yours.

They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen ??and they have hated ??both me and my Father.

and for their sake I consecrate myself that they may be consecrated by the truth.

"Tell me," said Peter, "did you only sell the land for such and such a sum?" "Yes," she said, "that was all we sold it for."

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;

I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name."

At Iconium the same thing happened. They went into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great body both of Jews and Greeks believed.

shouting, "Men, what is this you are doing? We are but human, with natures like your own! The gospel we are preaching to you is to turn from such futile ways to the living God who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that in them is.

that the rest of men may seek for the Lord, even all the Gentiles who are called by my name, saith the Lord,

who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.

meaning them to seek for God on the chance of finding him in their groping for him. Though indeed he is close to each one of us,

Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,

people even carried away towels or aprons he had used, and at their touch sick folk were freed from their diseases and evil spirits came out of them.

Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

Till he said that, they had listened to him. But at that they shouted, "Away with such a creature from the earth! He is not fit to live!"

For while the Sadducees declare there is no such thing as resurrection, angels, or spirits, the Pharisees affirm them all.

The Jews joined in the attack, declaring that such were the facts of the case.

As I felt at a loss about the method of inquiry into such topics, I asked if he would go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

When this had happened, the rest of the sick folk in the island also came and got cured;

through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

though they know God's decree that people who practise such vice deserve death, they not only do it themselves but applaud those who practise it.

'We know the doom of God falls justly upon those who practise such vices.'

Very well; and do you imagine you will escape God's doom, O man, you who judge those who practise such vices and do the same yourself?

Why should we not do evil that good may come out of it?" (which is the calumny attributed to me ??the very thing some people declare I say). Such arguments are rightly condemned.

(as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations). Such a faith implies the presence of the God in whom he believed, a God who makes the dead live and calls into being what does not exist.

(Because, as it is written, For thy sake we are being killed all the day long, we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.)

I could have wished myself accursed and banished from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my natural kinsmen;

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have demolished thine altars; I alone am left, and they seek my life.

So far as the gospel goes, they are enemies of God ??which is to your advantage; but so far as election goes, they are beloved for their father's sake.

the speaker his words of counsel; the contributor must be liberal, the superintendent must be in earnest, the sick visitor must be cheerful.

You must not break down God's work for the mere sake of food! Everything may be clean, but it is wrong for a man to prove a stumbling-block by what he eats;

Christ certainly did not please himself, but, as it is written, The reproaches of those who denounced Thee have fallen upon me. ??4 All such words were written of old for our instruction, that by remaining stedfast and drawing encouragement from the scriptures we may cherish hope.

May the God who inspires stedfastness and encouragement grant you such harmony with one another, after Christ Jesus,

Such was their decision; and yet this is a debt they owe to these people, for if the Gentiles have shared their spiritual blessings, they owe them a debt of aid in material blessings.

Salute my fellow-countryman Herodion. Salute such members of the household of Narcissus as are in the Lord.

Such creatures are no servants of Christ our Lord, they are slaves of their own base desires; with their plausible and pious talk they beguile the hearts of unsuspecting people. But surely not of you!