Thematic Bible: Labour
Thematic Bible
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Labor not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father at tested.
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Labour » Woman's » Manual labour
Labour » Manual, done by women
Labour » Woman's » As housekeepers
But Martha made herself busy with much serving; and she came to him, and said: Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Bid her, therefore, that she help me.
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Labour » Troubles
And ho began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and digged a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went into another country. And at the proper time, he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, that he might receive from the vine-dressers of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and scourged him, and sent him away without any thing. read more.
And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they threw stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. And again he sent another; and him they killed. And he sent many others, some of whom they scourged, and some they killed. Therefore, having yet one son, his beloved, he sent him also to them last, saying, They will reverence my son. But those vine-dressers said one to another, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. And they took him, and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and give his vineyard to others.
And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they threw stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. And again he sent another; and him they killed. And he sent many others, some of whom they scourged, and some they killed. Therefore, having yet one son, his beloved, he sent him also to them last, saying, They will reverence my son. But those vine-dressers said one to another, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. And they took him, and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and give his vineyard to others.
And when they received it, they murmured against the master of the house, saying: These last have worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day, and the heat.
Hear another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and rigged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went into another country. And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive the fruits of it. And the vine-dressers took his servants, and scourged one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Serving the church
Now I beseech you also, true yoke-fellow, to assist those women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and my other fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life.
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I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church that is in Cenchrea,
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Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on us.
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Labour » Hard, as punishment
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Motherly duties
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Acting as judges
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Meeting an emergency and saving her household
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » In beautifying the tabernacle
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Philanthropy
Now there was in Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which name, when translated, is Dorcas. She was full of good works and deeds of charity which she did.
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Let us » Labour
Let us earnestly strive, therefore, to enter into that rest, lest any one fall after the same example of unbelief.
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Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Labor not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father at tested.
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