And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'?? tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham.

At that very time Jesus was on his way from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and showed all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them,

"but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be darkened. If then the very light within you is darkness, how dense is that darkness!

Then Jesus said to the captain. "Go! As you have believed, so be it unto you." And his slave was healed in that very hour.

"And whoever will not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out from that house or that city, shake off the very dust from your feet.

"But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say.

"The very hairs on your head are all numbered.

Then Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, and it came out of him; and the boy was cured from that very hour.

"When therefore his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very angry; and they went and explained to their master all that had happened.

That very day there came to him some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. and they questioned him.

For false christs and false prophets will arise, and will work great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if it were possible, the very elect.

so you also, when you see these signs, know that He is near, at the very doors.

For just as in the days before the deluge they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the very day when Noah entered the ark,

a woman came up to him who had an alabaster vase of very costly perfume, and poured it over his head, as he reclined at table.

Then Jesus said to them. "This very night even you will all stumble and fall away from me; for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Jesus said to him, "In solemn truth I tell you that on this very night, before cockcrow, you will deny me three times!"

"Do you not suppose that I am able to appeal to my Father to furnish me at this very moment with twelve legions of angels?

And at that very moment, there in their synagogue, a man in the grip of an unclean spirit shrieked out.

"Have you not read this Scripture?" (he continued) "The very stone which the builders rejected Has now become the corner-stone;

for false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and wonders, to lead astray the very chosen, if they can.

So also do you, whenever you see these things happening, know that He is near, at your very door.

And while he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, while he was dining, a woman came with an alabaster vase of very costly, pure spikenard perfume, and, breaking the vase, she poured the perfume on his head.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you in solemn truth that you yourself, today on this very night, before the cock crow twice, shall three times disown me."

And very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb as the sun was rising;

But then as they looked up they saw that the stone, which was a very large one, was already rolled away;

it seemed good to me also accurately, from the very beginning, to write them to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,

She came up at that very hour, and gave thanks to God, and spoke of the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

In very truth I tell you there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

"'The very dust of your town which clings to your feet we wipe off as protest; but know this, that the kingdom of God is drawing near to you.'

"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.

"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not! You are of more value than many sparrow!

"But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?

"You shall by no means come out of there until you have paid the very last farthing."

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

That very day there came some Pharisees to him, saying, "Get out of here and go away, for Herod wishes to kill you."

"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

"The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in a very little, is unjust also as much.

"And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

"I tell you," he answered, "that if these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out."

Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter recollected the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "This very day, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times."

Herod and Pilate became friends again from that very day; for before they had been at enmity between themselves.

So they rose and returned to Jerusalem that very hour, and found the Eleven and the others all met together,

"In very truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

Then the father realized that it had left him at the very hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son lives," and he himself believed, and his whole household.

"Rabbi, this woman has been found in the very act of adultery.

"You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a man-slayer from the very beginning; and he has no standing place in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he utters a lie, he speaks from his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lying.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.

Then Mary took a pound of pure spikenard, very costly, and poured it over his feet, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

Now is my soul disquieted. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, for this very cause I am come to this hour.

"Believe me, all of you, that I am in the Father and the Father in me, or else believe me for the very words' sake.

Peter again denied it; and at that very moment a cock crew.

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, while it was yet dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and discovered that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

"Therefore my heart is glad, my tongue exults, my very body also shall pitch its tent in hope.

"Men and brothers, I can speak plainly to you concerning the patriarch David, because he not only died and was buried, but his tomb is among us even to this very day.

"In this very city they did gather together against thy holy Servant, Jesus whom thou hast anointed??erod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel??28 "to do all that thy power and thy will had predetermined should be done.

And some one came and told them that the very men whom they had put in prison were standing in the Temple, and teaching to the people.

With these words he fell asleep. And Saul fully approved of his murder. On this very day there broke out a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostle were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

His hearers were all astonished, and began to say. "Is not this the very man who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called upon the Name? Did he not come hither for the express purpose of carrying them all in chains to the high priests?"

He had become very hungry and longed for food; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance.

Cornelius answered. "Three days ago, at this very hour, I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon, when suddenly a man in a shining robe stood by me,

"And lo! at that very moment, three men who had been sent for me from Caesarea stood before the house in which I was.

Now when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that very night, while Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison,

And when she recognized Peter's voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

"men who have risked their very lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

She persisted in this for many days, until Paul, worn out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I charge you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her." In that very hour it came out of her.

suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison-house were shaken; and instantly all the doors were opened, and every one's chains fell off.

The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so.

"for I am with you, and no one shall set upon you to injure you; for I have very many people in this city."

"came to me, and standing by me, said to me, "'Brother Saul, receive your sight' "In that very hour I regained my sight and looked up at him.

"I am standing before Caesar's tribunal," answered Paul, "where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know.

"Now I have nothing very definite to tell our sovereign about him. So I have brought the man before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order that, after examination, I may have something to write.

You are therefore inexcusable, O man, whoever you are, that sits in judgment; for in judging another you are condemning yourself. You, the judge, are habitually practising the very same things.

Very well; and do you suppose, you who judge those that practise such vices, and are doing the very same, that you will elude the judgment of God?

and the very commandment which should have meant life, this I found to mean death.

But if I do the very thing I do not intend to do, it is no more I who practise it, but sin which has its home in me.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, It is for this very purpose that I have raised you up, To show in you my power, And to proclaim my name far and wide, in all the earth.

And in that very spot where it was told them, "You are not my people," There they shall be called "Sons of the living God."

But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the very word of faith which we preach;

But Isaiah speaks very boldly, I was found of those who were not seeking me, I was made manifest to those who were not asking for me.

This too, is the reason why you pay taxes; because the authorities are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.

But to me it matters very little that I am judged by you, or by any earthly court.

Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.

When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when defamed, we conciliate. We have been made, as it were, scum-o'-the-earth, the very refuse of the world, to this very hour!

For I passed on to you the account, which I myself received from the Lord; how the Lord Jesus, on the very night he was betrayed, took bread,

For the very first thing I taught you was that I had myself been taught, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture,

For I am writing to you nothing different from what you read aloud and very well recognize, and I hope will continue to recognize to the very end,

And for this very reason I wrote you, that I might not come only to be grieved by those who ought to give me joy; and because I trusted in you all, that my joy is the joy of all of you.

For this very purpose also I wrote you (before), that I might test you, to see if you were obedient in every respect.

I am; for I am not like most, trafficking in the word of God, but rather from a sincere heart, like a man of God, I speak in Christ, in the very presence of God.

Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day, at the public reading of the Old Testament, the same veil rests thereon, because it is not revealed to them that in Christ the veil is taken away.

Yes, to this very day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their hearts;

And He who has wrought me out for this very end is God, who has given me his Spirit as pledge.

I urged Titus to go, and with him I sent our brother. Did Titus make gain of you? And did I not walk in the same spirit as he did? Did I not take the very same steps?

But when God who had set me apart from my very birth,

only they used to hear it said, "He who was once persecuting us is now preaching the gospel of the very faith which he once tried to ruin."

They stipulated only that we should remember the poor, which very thing indeed I was quite eager to do.

For if I am rebuilding the very things which I destroyed, I am proving myself a transgressor.

O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!